Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.